How did Daniel Pavillard influence Edward Gibbon’s education in Lausanne?

After Edward Gibbon converted to Roman Catholicism, his father sent him to Lausanne to be lodged with the Calvinist minister, the Rev. Daniel Pavillard. Although Gibbon initially experienced this period as a time of strict surveillance and discomfort, he later expressed gratitude for Pavillard’s influence on his development.1

Pavillard provided Gibbon with kindly and competent instruction, which was instrumental in helping him form regular habits of study. Under Pavillard’s guidance, Gibbon mastered the bulk of classical Latin literature and pursued studies in logic and mathematics. Furthermore, Pavillard helped Gibbon become perfectly conversant with the language and literature of France, an achievement that exerted a permanent influence on Gibbon’s work and helped establish him as a skilled stylist.1